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Show 1‘0 MY MOST HONOR'D FRIEND M‘FRflNCIS gopoypmam' of gadolp/yifl; Homr'd Sir , = L _ it « Our 1110?: worthy Brother , Mr Sidfley (jodoMam, when he - lived, was pleas'd to think my ea, _» fludies fomething, and other- ‘ u "=5 wife to oblige me , as you know , with reall teflimonies of his good opinion , great in themfelves, and the grea- ter for the worthineffe of his perfon. For there is not any verme that difpofeth" a man, either to the fervice of God, or to the fervice of his Country , toCivill Society, or private Friendfliip,that did not manifeflly appear in his 'converflation, not as acqui- red by necefsity, or affected upon occafion, but inhoerent, and fhining in a generous con- flitution of his nature. I herefore in honour and gratitude to him, and with devotion to your felfe, I humbly Dedicate unto you this my difcourfe of CommonriVCalth. I know not how the World will receive it, not how it may reflect on thofe that {hall feem to favour it. For in a Way befet with thofe that contenda On one fide for too great Liberty, and on the other fide for too much A 2'. 219888 Authority |